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Chapter II
OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.” “Yes, father; I know that things cost, of course.” “I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee. With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses. Servants are ruinous.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Yes, father; I know that things cost, of course.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Yes, father; I know that things cost, of course.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses.”
during the time that
From this reading ““I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.”
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Servants are ruinous.
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From this reading “I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.
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From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes, father; I know that things cost, of course.”
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From this reading With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses.
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From this reading With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses.
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From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
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From this reading “Yes, father; I know that things cost, of course.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.
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From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Yes, father; I know that things cost, of course.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
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From this reading With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses.
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From this reading With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes, father; I know that things cost, of course.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.
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From this reading “I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.
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From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
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From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses.
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From this reading With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses.
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From this reading Servants are ruinous.
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From this reading With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses.
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From this reading Servants are ruinous.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Yes, father; I know that things cost, of course.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
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From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses.
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From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
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From this reading OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR-OFF THINGS “The cost of living is high, very high.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.
during the time that
From this reading “I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With one servant it’s possible to keep down expenses.
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From this reading “Yes, father; I know that things cost, of course.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.
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From this reading “I have lived on very little while you were away, Zee.
